BLT Steak Scottsdale
Master Chef Laurent Tourondel reinvented American dining with BLT Steak, but his Scottsdale outpost adds another twist: cowboy cache.
“You see Camelback Mountain and gigantic cactus,” Tourondel says. “The scenery, it’s like being in a movie.”
Brick red sunsets spill through the picture windows as servers wrangle sizzling platters of American Wagyu, locally sourced short ribs, and fresh-from-the-ocean fish. Desert-inspired fare like the Cowboy Rib Eye — a 30-ounce “tomahawk” cut dry-rubbed with chilies and charred over an open flame — shares the menu with bistro standards like double-cut rack of lamb and Dover sole basted in brown butter. Jalapeno mashed potatoes speak to the prickly pear outside, but Paris-meets-the-desert in Tourondel’s sparkling béarnaise, fresh-shucked oysters and straight-from-the-farm ingredients.
An old-fashioned wedge salad becomes a vibrant new dish when chef de cuisine Marc Hennessy pairs red iceberg lettuce from down the road with housemade bacon and tangy quark from a goat dairy just around the mountain. “It’s beautiful stuff,” Hennessy says. “I really like depending on the local farmers.”
And the local scenery. With warm wood floors of native mesquite and every seat facing Camelback’s color-drenched cliffs, BLT Steak creates an oasis for the soul, as well as the stomach.
JW Marriott Camelback Inn
5402 East Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
5402 East Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85253